2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 913.8
Other and unspecified superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection
- Short description: Superf inj forearm NEC.
- ICD-9-CM 913.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 913.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 913.8.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 913.8: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
913.8 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S50.909A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified elbow, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S50.919A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified forearm, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S60.919A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified wrist, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
- Multiple superficial injuries of forearm
- Multiple superficial injuries of wrist and hand
- Scratch of elbow
- Scratch of forearm
- Scratch of upper limb
- Scratch of wrist
- Superficial injury of elbow
- Superficial injury of elbow and/or forearm and/or wrist
- Superficial injury of elbow without infection
- Superficial injury of forearm
- Superficial injury of forearm without infection
- Superficial injury of left elbow
- Superficial injury of left forearm
- Superficial injury of left wrist
- Superficial injury of right elbow
- Superficial injury of right forearm
- Superficial injury of right wrist
- Superficial injury of upper arm
- Superficial injury of wrist
- Superficial injury of wrist without infection
- Superficial laceration of arm
